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Please, note, that this challenge blog is not related to any business and run without any profit by people, who do this for your and their own leisure time fun! Our only reward are your encouraging comments and your playing along and sharing steampunk fun and mixed media techniques. We appreciate every single entry and comment so much! Thank you for taking the time!

If you are new to this place, please, know that we are so glad that you stopped by our little steampunk corner!Whether you are a dedicated tag or card maker, art journaler or mixed media lover - this might be the right place for you! For more information about the rules and the little "steampunk/industrial twist" we ask of you, please check the "about" stuff and then simply jump in and create!

If you are new to steampunk and not sure if this is "your thing", maybe take a look at our winners gallery on pinterest (use the linking button on our side bar). You will find that we're mainly a mixed media challenge blog with a little twist towards steampunk, industrial and/or vintage. So why not give it a try?

We are looking forward to seeing your fab projects entered to one of our challenges soon!

Hugs,SanDee&amelie&the SASPC team

Monday, December 15, 2014

By now I guess everyone is heading full speed towards X-mas festivities and has been busily preparing, baking and crafting away with X-mas decorations and/or presents. Those who haven't already checked out the post from December 1st - we have decided to do some excessive X-mas-wishing around the Steampunk globe instead of a challenge. One happy X-mas wishing person will win a fab $25 voucher to use at Inspiration Emporium! And, please, make sure you follow all the criteria to get eligible (details can be found by clicking HERE).

So after this slightly different mid-month-reminder let's head on directly to even more exciting things...yay! As SASPC is slowly but constantly growing (thanks to our true and talented players and my fab DT) we have decided to look out for two more team members and to do so we are having our very first

DT Call!

What do we need from you and what will you get in return?

You should love what you do and find the right mix of fun and sense of responsibility.

You need to

- create one project per month (and for these there are deadlines to be met),
- post about your DT project on your blog and link to the challenge blog,
- use your DT badge and the challenge blog badge (with the link) on your blog,
- there's some commenting to do as well as
- the monthly voting our Top3
- and there's our DT blog that needs to be checked regularly so communication works as smooth and quickly as possible.
- And I as the blog owner who sets up the posts and who communicates with our prize sponsors, have to be able to rely on you with this.

We really are a very relaxed DT and we don't regard SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges being a business.
There's no payment and no recompensation for your creative "work" (except the joy and fun you should have creating and sharing your makes with the team and our players on the challenge blog) as we aren't connected to an online shop or any other business . It's for the joy of sharing Steampunk art of all kinds that we do what we do.

The whole team is very aware of the fact that real life has the habit of interfering with personal resources, plans and schedules - so as long as we can talk about it we will always find a way to help out and/or find a solution, when DT work would get affected.

We don't have terms you apply for - we hope you will become part of our artistic community and travel with us as far as it feels good and right for you. But we expect you to stay at least one whole year (so we won't have to start a new DT Call in just a few months. Comprende? ;)

We try to keep DT requirements on a relaxed level. Our challenges are always "anything goes" but theme- connected. We are looking formixed media artists, tag and ATC makers, art journallers, stampers, alterers...we love it when you have develloped your own individual "Steampunk Attitude" for your creations.

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Why did I write such a sermon? lol

Because I don't want anyone to waste precious time on applying for something he or she doesn't really fit in well enough to feel comfortable with and/or even have joy in doing. Being part of our DT will not make you famous I am afraid. Our goal is to enjoy, inspire and share art with others who think alike. That's all there is to it honestly.

So after that has been said you just need to know how to apply:

the DT Call will run from today until 31. January 2015.

Please, send an e-mail to vonpappe2@yahoo.de and include

- a link to your blog,
- an image of or link to a post showing one of your own favourite (Steampunk) creations
- and some lines about yourself and also explaining why you think SanDee&amelie's could be the place and team for you.

If you haven't done any steampunk yet but want to explore new territory, create something new and Steampunk-ish to show. Steampunk expertise isn't a criteria for us.

We already are an international team - so applications from all around the globe are welcome (as long as you are able to also include some short and understandable information in English besides your own language about your make and the challenge theme with your blog posts!) :)

We will try to get in touch with all applicants asap and as time allows. The two new DT members will start with the March challenge and will be informed well in time. If there are any questions I forgot to answer in this post, just email me.

For December we have decided to do some excessive Christmas wishing with you all instead of doing a normal challenge. But as there is still a give-away to be won, I recommend you check out details on how to win over HERE. There's of course also some fab Christmas crafts inspiration from the team to be found when following the link ;)

Yay! Congrats, Turwen! Please, email me so we can fix everything for having the voucher being sent to you asap. Thank you for playing with us and have fun with your little shopping tour over at Irishteddy's!

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And now on to our Top3! As we haven't reached six entries with the 3D collection this time, we only have a Top2 for those, but there are still three who made our Top3 with the 2D projects and these are:

Huge congrats to you, ladies! As usual your creations left us standing in awe and we enjoyed looking closely at all the details so much! Please, take the Top3 badge for display on your blogs if you like.

Of course we would like to say a massive Thank You to all our players who enter our challenges so regularly and by doing so make SanDee&amelie's SPC the special place it has become in such short time. xxx

Please, make all sure you check back on December 15th - as we will announce something rather special and exciting that might be as interesting and exciting for you as it is for us ;)

In the meantime we all hope you will enjoy a wonderful advent season and lots of X-mas (and non-X-mas) crafting!

Monday, December 1, 2014

By
now most of you should be in X-mas preparations mood and maybe Steampunk
isn't your first choice of project to make right now. So we decided to
do a cheer- and joyful "Christmas Wishing Month" instead.

There need no
projects to be entered to win this month's prize - as we plan to save all our precious crafting time on preparing X-mas goodness with loads of
bling, on shabby vintage delight, on baking cookies, Stollen, Plum
Puddings, lebkuchen (= ginger bread) or wrapping up selfmade presents for our loved ones!

Just leave us a comment on this post in which
you wish all of us (i.e. the players, the team and yourself) whatever
you would like us to get for Christmas and the new year. Just one comment per person (otherwise we will have to exclude you from the draw), please! You will have time until the end of December to do your X-mas and/or New Years Wishing with us.

I will draw one random winner from all the Christmas wishing comments
shortly after December 31st and he or she will win a fab $25 voucher to
spend at Inspiration Emporium. Yay!

Thank you so much, Joy, for donating such a generous prize!

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The team have created some Christmas Steampunk ornaments, cards and tags to express our joy and gratitude towards all who help making SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges the wonderful place it has become during the last two years - which means our true players, our new players, our wonderful sponsors and special guests and for me it also means my fabulous team of course!

Thank you all so much for playing with us so constantly, for sharing your art and your awesome crafting goodies with us, for doing excellent DT work, for inspiring, for enabling and for the comments you leave over here and/or with the DT members' blogs. You fuel our creative energy and make us enjoy this so much! You all never cease to amaze me with the art you create!

"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us
back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the
pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own
fireside and quiet home!"

(Charles Dickens)

May this holiday season sparkle and shine. May all your wishes and
dreams come true and may you feel this happiness all year round.

Even though there is no real "challenge" there will be a mid-month post with some special and exciting news! So don't miss it and make sure you check back on 15th December! And of course there are more details on the DT's X-mas projects to be found on the team members personnal blogs. So why not pay them a short visit and get some more inspiration?

Team B has travelled to some beautiful spots too and if you haven't seen the makes of team A yet, you should check them out too! To do so - and to get to the link up to enter our challenge - click HERE.

Once more she will give away a 10 Euro voucher to spend with her well sorted online store. All you have to do to get eligible for the win is enter a proper project to this month's challenge and join in the steampunk fun!

Now on to the creations of team B:

(for more details get to the teamies' blogs by clicking the names or the images. Comments are highly appreciated of course ;)

Mrs. Shadow Box here :-)
(that's my new nickname), but I love these objects
because the depth creates a fascinating and dramatic visual
result. Ihadthis earworm in my head: ''I've never been to NewYork'' ...and so I have made a 3D project with the title ''Dream Dancer''. More details and discoveries can be seen on my blog.

My
'Steampunk Destination' is Victorian London - I think that would be one
of my time travel destinations (if there were the possibility!)
Certainly Victorian London fits a steampunk style and I have added my
usual vintage techniques to make a sepia tinted picture and frame.

I found that my ancestors travelled to the most wonderful places! For
this LO I used colour copies of photographs which show them hiking a
glacier! Wow! They were real explorers back then, weren't they?

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So many wonderful places to travel and so many possibilities to get there! We can't wait to learn about your favourite (steampunk) destinations! Click HERE to get to the challenge. It is open until the end of the month and Top3 and prize winner will be announced on Saturday, 6th December.

We highly recommend you visit their blogs (by clicking their names or the images) and take some closer looks at their stunning creations!

Huge congrats, ladies, and thank you all so much for sharing your incredible Steampunk art with us! Please, feel free to grab our badge for display on your blogs!

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Our actual challenge "Steampunk Desitinations" is up and open until the end of the month. We would love to have you play with us again! And we are so happy about all our true players but also the new players who keep finding and exploring our little Steampunk corner!

Last month's prize sponsor

are giving away a prize package to one randomly drawn player from the October challenge and it iiiiiiis........

Barbara Washington!

Yay! Congrats, Barbara, on your prize win! Please, email me so we can fix everything to have your prize delivered to you asap!

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We have already reminded you of the actual challenge...but there is still the mid month reminder with the creations from team B to come. So check back on November 15th to find some more inspiration on our "destinations" theme and the announcement of this month's prize sponsor as well!

So after all is said and done (and shown) there's only one thing left for me to do:

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Don't we all love to travel! Going to new places, learning about foreign culture, enjoying foreign cuisine, visiting wonderful sights all around the globe...is so exciting, isn't it!

There are a lot of destinations around our globe worth visiting. Think about capitals like Paris, New York, London, Venice, Vienna, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Kairo,....to name just a fraction. But also nature highlights or exceptional historic buildings can be destinations worth visiting....like the Niagara Falls, the Chalk Cliffs of Ruegen, Mount Everest, the Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, Miss Liberty, and...and...and...

So whatever you associate with "Destinations" - it is what we want to see (steampunked of course) with your projects for our November Challenge:

Steampunk Destinations

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here we come!

Before I show you the fab creations from Team A, let give you a quick reminder about the winners post which will go online next Saturday. So make sure you check back to find out if you made it to the Top 3 or won the prize sponsored by Tando Creative!

But now let's move on to our next destination - "DT Inspiration":

(if you want to travel to the blog of a DT member to have a closer look, just click the name or the image. By clicking on the images you also get a larger view)

You don't have one? Blimey. Well, I guess I'll just make myself a tag, then. ;)

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Hach!*) I am ever so proud of my fabulous team!

The challenge will be open until the end of the month. On the 15th of each month we provide you with more inspiration from team B and reveal the prize sponsor for this month's challenge too. So don't forget to come back then to find out.

As usual we offer two separate collections for your 2D and 3D creations.

Have a lot of Steampunk creating fun! We are always blown away by all the artistry and imagination of the projects you enter. You all make our Steampunk Corner such a special place. Thank you so much! ...so we eagerly (and impatiently) wait to see your new projects for our challenge! ;)

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia and the SASPC-Team!

xxx

*)"Hach" is what we say (or happily sigh) in German to express a feeling of deep satisfaction or simple happyness.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

It's time for our mid month inspirations bundle and the announcement of this month's prize sponsor and it is

So don't miss the chance to win some Tando goodness by entering a project to our actual challenge "Steampunk Couture" which is still open until the end of the month. The winner will - as always - be picked randomly among all the (proper) entries from the 2D and 3D collections.

My wonderful design team have created some more fab "steampunk couture" projects for your inspiration, but I thought I'd also shine some spotlights on some of the wonderful entries from our last challenges (as I have to admit that I have been very negligent with this during the last months. Sorry for that).

This 'Couture Creation' used a mannequin that had been started as
another project over 18 months ago...it didn't 'work' then and I
discarded it in favour of another idea. The mannequin sat in the scraps
bin for all this time and was brought back to life to be a steampunk
creation here.

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And now on to the promised spotlights (and I promise I will try to do them more regularly again from now on!):

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Today's post sees the announcement of our Top3 and the prize winner of the fabulous stamps and chipboard pieces provided by last month's sponsor Tusia from

Our actual challenge "Steampunk Couture" is still up until the end of this month and if you come back on October 15th you will find an additional bundle of inspiration from Team B alongside the announcement of the prize sponsor for this challenge. So make sure you don't miss it!

You all entered such fabulous creations to our "Steampunk Stories" challenge and the team and I enjoyed visiting your blogs and learning about the stories behind your creations so much! Choosing was hard - as always - but we managed to narrow the projects down to three favourites for each collection and here they come (in order of their appearance in the collections):